The 2019 X7 will be BMW’s largest vehicle
When it comes to BMWs, it doesn’t get bigger than the brand’s unveiling of the 2019 X7, the company’s largest vehicle yet. To its credit, the production version stays fairly true to the concept car.
Several design traits carry over from the prototype, including a huge radiator grille that is reminiscent of the vertical-style kidneys of vintage Bimmers.
BMW’s largest SUV is built big to fit a lot of stuff, including seven people. Three-row seating is standard, with the choice of a middle bench seat or two captains’ chairs (the latter drops the occupancy limit down to six).
At 5,151 millimetres long and 2,000 mm wide, it’s almost as long as a standard-wheelbase 7 Series, though at 1,805 mm it’s certainly taller. All this girth translates to excellent interior space and cargo room: 326 litres with seats up, 2,120 litres with the seats folded flat. Keeping passengers comfy is a standard air suspension setup that is self-levelling, so no matter how much stuff you cram into the X7 the suspension will remain on the same plane. Look up and there is a three-part glass roof that extends all the way to the third-row seats for excellent illumination.
To push it down the road you can equip an X7 with a straight six or a V8; both options come with an eight-speed Steptronic automatic and all-wheel drive. There are other trick features as well, such as rear-wheel steering, active roll mitigation and an adaptive suspension system that uses the front-facing camera to analyze the road and prepare it for bumps.